wrist
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ɹɪst//
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
noun
- 1
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
- 2
A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Etymology
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
verb
- 1
To hit a wrist shot.
Forms
- plural
- wrists
- past tense
- wristed
- past participle
- wristed
- present participle
- wristing
- third person singular
- wrists
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